EMBROCATIONS — ENGLISH SETTER 

 Embrocations. (See Counter- Irritants^ 



Emetics. — As a general rule it is not a difficult matter 

 to make a dog vomit, and this has been a fortunate thing 

 for many an owner when his favourite has managed to pick 

 up poison. Salt, about half a tablespoonful in a dessert- 

 spoonful of tepid water, will generally accomplish what is 

 wanted. 



Enemas should be more often used in kennels than 

 they are, for they are much more speedy and effective in 

 cases of stoppage of the bowels or constipation than doses 

 of powerful medicine, which do not act so quickly and 

 often cause severe straining, and so may cause internal 

 injury. Warm soap-suds, or warm water mixed with some 

 sweet-oil or glycerine, in the proportions of about six parts 

 of the former to one of the latter, may be referred to as 

 constituting useful enemas, the amount of the above vary- 

 ing according to the size of the dog. The end of the 

 instrument should be greased or smeared with oil before 

 it is passed up the rectum, and care should be taken to 

 see that the contents of the instrument pass out as soon 

 as the bag is squeezed, else air will be forced into the 

 bowels, which must be avoided if possible. 



English Setter. — Opinions differ a good deal as regards 

 the origin of the setter, but it is to the highest degree 

 probable that at one time spaniel blood was largely intro- 

 duced into the race — indeed, some persons believe that to 

 the spaniel the setter owes his existence. At the present 

 time there are three distinct varieties of setter recognised, 

 namely, the English, Irish, 'and Gordon ; but the latter 

 has of recent years fallen behind the others in popular 

 esteem, whilst the English is by far the most favoured by 

 sportsmen. No doubt, however, the demand for all the 

 breeds of gun-dogs has declined somewhat of late owing 

 to the practice of driving game having become more 



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